NORWALK -- Police say a Norwalk man allegedly got into a scuffle with a 12-year-old boy at a party Saturday and pushed the child's mother to the ground when she tried to intervene.

Joseph Ortega, 28, of 40 Center Ave., was charged with second-degree breach of peace, third-degree assault and injury/risk/impairing morals. He was issued a $5,000 bond and a court date of Aug. 20 at Norwalk Superior.

A second person, Kevin Despres, 29, of 25 Wilson Ave., Trumbull, was arrested on a warrant for reckless driving and operating out of a license class. Despres was issued a $500 bond and given a court date of Aug. 20 at Norwalk Superior.

According to a police report, a tip was placed to the department regarding an alleged fight involving weapons on Center Street.

Upon arrival, officers were met by a heavy-set male sitting in the driveway, later identified as Ortega, with a tattoo of a teardrop on his face.

Another man, Despres, was standing nearby with an unidentified 31-year-old woman and her 12-year-old son. When asked what was going on, Despres allegedly repeated several times that nothing had happened at the residence.

However, when police spoke with the woman, she said that she had attended a party at Ortega's home with her son and had allegedly been assaulted by Ortega.

Prior to the incident, she said her son began complaining to her that he wanted to go home and was in turn teased by several people at the party.

Acting in retaliation, the boy said he hurled a Nerf football at Ortega and was then slammed into a chair, where Ortega allegedly punched him multiple times in his legs.

The woman said she scrambled over to help her son and in the process, was allegedly shoved to the ground by Ortega. Police say there were visible bruises found on the boy's legs.